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by **Ciggy** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 3:13 pm

Hicks has just said to SSN he will not be selling his stake but it looks like Gillett will be before the weekend.

Feck off Hicks

by **Reg** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 3:26 pm

Hicks can only gain by having DIC buy in, they splash some cash increasing the value of his share, they get frustrated as he cant inject the required capital to fulfill their plans so they have to buy him out, at a greater price than Gillett gets.

The writings on the wall and Hicks is just being a fudgepacker.

by **Roger Red Hat** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 3:38 pm

i still say he needs to be shot. :angry:

by **heimdall** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 3:38 pm

Ciggy wrote:Hicks has just said to SSN he will not be selling his stake but it looks like Gillett will be before the weekend.

Feck off Hicks

If Gillet Sells then Hicks will eventually have to sell as well. In any case Moores would have to side with DIC so they would effectively have overall control anyway. :wwww

by **RUSHIE#9** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 3:41 pm

Spot on there REG. The bast@rd only stands to gain if DIC are willing to go in initially on a 50/50 basis. They will probably be pumping the money in whilst he gets fat off their investment. :angry:

Hopefully he will have to match their investment or be pressured to pull out for not paying his way. The downside could be that it will present more rocky roads in the months to come.
One massive positive hopefully could be that HICKS won't be able to dump anymore debt on the clubs shoulders, assuming that ain't DIC's plan.

by **RUSHIE#9** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 3:46 pm

heimdall wrote:
Ciggy wrote:Hicks has just said to SSN he will not be selling his stake but it looks like Gillett will be before the weekend.

Feck off Hicks

If Gillet Sells then Hicks will eventually have to sell as well. In any case Moores would have to side with DIC so they would effectively have overall control anyway.

I suspect once DIC come in Moores & Parry will be out on the arses toot sweet!! Certainly Parry, as DIC & Hicks are well known to not want him at the club. DIC coming in will no doubt lead to a boardroom reshuffle with that bit of totty they've got negotiating for them reportedly coming in as their head figure at the club. The only thing I can see going in Moores' favour is that DIC may want a puppet on the board to allow them to shout Hicks down.

Parry though is a goner!!! :rasp

by **holylamb2006** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:25 pm

Yeah just switched on SSN and the usual story was ''Hicks will not sell his share'' BUT they said we wont get int the way of gillette selling his share so i was estatic

by **holylamb2006** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:45 pm

As soon as i post SSN just said Hicks denied saying he is not opposed !!!! :angry:

by **Kash_Mountain** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 5:04 pm

holylamb2006 wrote:As soon as i post SSN just said Hicks denied saying he is not opposed !!!!

FFS what a merry (not) go round.

What more can the fans do (legally) to ramp up the ante and get the message through to Hicks that he is not wanted at Liverpool FC.

by **holylamb2006** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 5:35 pm

FFS what a merry (not) go round.

What more can the fans do (legally) to ramp up the ante and get the message through to Hicks that he is not wanted at Liverpool FC.

I kno this thing is become too much of a joke !!!!

by **bigxchris** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:03 pm

Sky sports have this news header....

Hicks denies Gillett talk

Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks has refuted claims he is open to George Gillett selling his stake in the club.

but it links to the story saying Hicks has no porblem with him selling

by **tubby** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:06 pm

Sky just say the opposite of everything they report a few hours later.

by **RedBlood** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:07 pm

this is a joke....why the fu,ck would you want to run a club where everybody openly hates you

please god get dic in even if its just 50/50

by **bigxchris** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:12 pm

Sky Finally update the article:

Hicks denies Gillett talk
Takeover saga at Liverpool takes another twist

Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks has refuted claims he is open to George Gillett selling his stake in the club.

Reports had suggested Hicks would not stand in the way of Gillett selling his 50 per cent stake in the Anfield outfit.

Gillett is understood to be in negotiations with Dubai International Capital (DIC) concerning the potential sale of his shares, but required the backing of Hicks in order to complete any deal.

The two Americans entered into an agreement at the time of their purchase of the club that stipulated that if either of them should decide to walk away from Anfield then the other would have first refusal on buying their partner out.

Hicks' camp have now denied the suggestions that they have given Gillett the green light to sell his 50 per cent stake in Liverpool to DIC.

Hicks is believed to be sticking to his plan to try and obtain complete control of the Reds rather than parting with his stake in the club to DIC.

by **Ciggy** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:16 pm

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/liverpool/article3498617.ece

DIC confident of closing deal for Liverpool
Times Online and Agencies

Tom Hicks is expected in London early next week to discuss the future of Liverpool with Dubai International Capital.

The club’s co-owner has been in a stand-off with DIC all week over their attempts to buy Liverpool for £400 million. He is believed to have assured Amanda Staveley, DIC’s chief negotiator in the UK, that he will be prepared to talk business at the same time as Liverpool will be in Italy preparing for their Champions League match with Inter Milan.

By the time Liverpool return from the San Siro, the future ownership of the club could be known - and a DIC source appeared confident that a deal could be in the offing, saying: “We are in the end zone.”

DIC is the financial arm of Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and Staveley reports directly to him and chief executive Sameer al-Ansari - a lifelong Liverpool fan who has been the driving force behind two attempts to buy the club.
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* DIC confident as Gillett gets ready to sell

* Gillett and DIC in high-stakes poker

DIC have been encouraged today by claims that Hicks has agreed not to block the sale of his co-owner George Gillett’s 50 per cent holding.

Hicks has also intimated he is still not prepared to sell any of his stake - but DIC appear prepared to go with that suggestion, for now at least.

The source said: “To accommodate a deal, DIC, within reason, would accept certain agreements. It looks as if we are in the home straight. A deal involving both parties could be imminent.”

After a week of constant cross-Atlantic negotiations through Staveley, lawyers and accountants, DIC are confident they will eventually control Liverpool.

It is also believed that Gillett, who has wanted ’out’ for some while, is not willing to sell a small percentage of his stake to Hicks.

DIC dispatched a representative to Anfield last night to watch the Barclays Premier League match against West Ham from the Kop - where he was able to judge the mood of fans and hold general discussions with members of the ‘Spirit of Shankly’ group who have been campaigning for the end of the Americans’ rule at Anfield.

Fans chanted against the Americans before the game and at half-time, but not during the match or at the end.

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